CARNEGIE  LIBRARY  OF  PITTSBURGH 


“FOREIGN  LANDS  WHERE 
WONDERS  ARE” 

A READING  LIST  FOR  CHILDREN  AND  YOUNG  PEOPLE 


Reprinted  from  the  Monthly  Bulletin,  November  ign 


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‘‘Foreign  Lands  Where  Wonders  Are” 

A Reading  List  for  Children  and  Young  People 

Books  for  the  Younger  Children 

“You  have  seen  the  scarlet  trees 
And  the  lions  over  seas; 

You  have  eaten  ostrich  eggs, 

And  turned  the  turtles  off  their  legs. 

Such  a life  is  very  fine, 

But  it’s  not  so  nice  as  mine: 

* * * * 

You  have  curious  things  to  eat, 

I am  fed  on  proper  meat.” 

Stevenson. 

Andrews,  Jane.  jgio  As6e 

Each  and  all. 

Stories  of  little  girls  living  in  different  parts  of  the  world.  Sequel  to  “Seven  little 
sisters.” 

Andrews,  Jane.  jgio  A56S 

Seven  little  sisters  who  live  on  the  round  ball  that  floats  in  the  air. 
The  seven  little  sisters  are,  the  little  brown  baby;  Agoonack,  the  Eskimo  sister; 
^ Gemila,  the  child  of  the  desert;  Jeanette,  the  Swiss  maiden;  Pense,  the  Chinese  girl; 

Manenko,  the  little  dark  girl;  Louise,  the  child  of  the  beautiful  Rhine. 

Chance,  L.  M.  jgio  C36 

Little  folks  of  many  lands. 

4 Contents:  Yaba,  the  Indian  girl. — Ikwa,  the  Eskimo  boy. — Mina,  the  Holland  girl. 

— Osom,  the  African  boy. — Ahmed,  the  Arabian  boy. — Tona,  the  Filipino  girl. — Matsu, 
the  Japanese  girl. 

Coburn,  C.  M.  jg  14.85  C63 

Our  little  Swedish  cousin. 

Some  Stockholm  children  take  part  in  a skating  carnival,  a midsummer’s  eve  festival, 
a name-day  party  and  in  the  preparations  and  festivities  of  Christmas,  visit  their  grand- 
mother in  the  country,  take  a trip  through  the  Gota  canal  and  spend  a day  in  the  famous 
park,  Skansen,  near  Stockholm. 

Dutton,  M.  B.  jgio  Dg5 

In  field  and  pasture. 

Contents:  White  Cloud,  the  little  Pueblo  girl. — Pepy  and  Athor,  children  of  the 
Nile  valley. — Hare  Track,  the  Navajo  boy. — Bumo  and  Bu,  children  of  Tibet. — Jose,  who 
lived  on  the  wonderful  island. — Ivan  and  Olga,  children  of  Russia. — Children  of  the 
land  of  the  midnight  sun. — Pierre  and  Violette,  children  of  the  Alps. 

Haines,  A.  C.  qjHisij 

Japanese  child  life. 

Colored  pictures,  stories  and  verses  illustrating  games,  occupations  and  amusements 
of  little  Japanese  children. 

Headland,  I.  T.  jgis-i  H38 

Chinese  boy  and  girl. 

Nursery  rhymes,  finger  plays,  toys,  games,  magic  blocks,  juggling,  folk  tales  and 
daily  life  of  Chinese  children. 

Headland,  I.  T.  jgis.i  H380 

Our  little  Chinese  cousin. 

Tells  of  the  childhood  of  Chenchu,  a little  Chinese  girl,  and  how  she  escaped  having 
her  feet  bound.  Illustrated  with  photographs  and  Chinese  drawings. 


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McManus,  Blanche,  afterward  Mrs  Mansfield.  ^915.3  M21 

Our  little  Arabian  cousin. 

“Tells  of  the  comings  and  goings  of  two  little  children  of  the  desert;  how  they  lived 
their  lives;  their  plays  and  games;  and  many  of  the  curious  sights  they  saw  as  they 
travelled  about  with  their  parents,  on  one  occasion  visiting  the  great  city  of  Medina.” 
Preface. 

Moncrieff,  A.  R.  H.  qjgio  M81 

Round  the  world. 

Picture-book  with  easy  reading  telling  about  children  in  Holland,  Belgium,  France, 
Egypt,  Malta,  China,  South  America,  India,  Lapland,  Macedonia,  Canada,  the  Tyrol, 
Morocco,  Spain,  Italy,  Fiji  islands,  etc. 

Mott,  S.  M.  & Dutton,  M.  B.  j9io  M94 

Fishing  and  hunting. 

Tells  how  the  little  Eskimo  boy  lives.  Also  of  Red  Feather,  the  Indian  boy;  of 
Tondo,  the  Filipino;  and  of  Ola,  the  little  Indian  girl  who  lived  in  Alaska. 

Murray,  Clara.  j372*4  M97W3 

Wide  awake  third  reader. 

Many  of  the  stories  tell  about  little  children  in  other  lands  and  how  they  live. 
Partial  contents:  Dutch  children. — Children  of  a sunny  land. — The  little  goatherds. 
— The  eve  of  St.  Nicholas. — “The  little  Turkeys.” — Children  of  Armenia. — Eskimo 
children. — A trip  to  Japan. 

Nixon,  M.  F.  afterward  Mrs  Roulet.  jgi8.i  N37 

Our  little  Brazilian  cousin. 

Same  as  her  “Affonzo,  our  little  Brazilian  cousin.” 

About  the  home  life  of  Affonzo  on  a Brazilian  plantation,  visits  to  Para  and  Rio  de 
Janeiro  and  a journey  to  the  “land  of  the  missiones”  and  the  falls  of  Iguazu.  Contains 
the  story  of  the  Gilded  Man. 

Peary,  Mrs  Josephine  (Diebitsch).  qj'919.8  P353S 

Snow  baby. 

Little  Marie  Ahnighito  Peary  was  born  near  the  North  pole.  Her  mother  tells  of 
the  “great  night”  into  which  she  came,  of  the  strange  little  brown  people  dressed  in  the 
skins  of  animals,  and  of  the  wonderful  land  of  mountains,  glaciers  and  icebergs.  Many 
pictures  of  the  Arctic  regions. 

Peary,  M.  A.  & Peary,  Mrs  Josephine  (Diebitsch).  qj9i9.8  P353C 

Children  of  the  Arctic. 

Story  of  a year  spent  with  icebergs  and  great  ice-fields,  glaciers,  polar  bears  and 
Eskimo  children  by  the  “Snow  baby”  when  four  years  old. 

Peary,  R.  E.  & Peary,  M.  A.  qjgi9.8  P35 

Snowland  folk;  the  Eskimos,  the  bears,  the  dogs,  the  musk  oxen  and 
other  dwellers  in  the  frozen  North. 

Large  print.  Many  pictures  from  photographs  and  drawings. 

Perry,  F.  P.  jP4442t 

Tora’s  happy  day. 

What  a little  Japanese  boy  did  one  day  in  the  time  of  cherry  blossoms.  Colored 
pictures  after  the  Japanese. 

Schwartz,  J.  A.  j910  S39 

Five  little  strangers. 

Stories  of  the  Indian,  the  Chinese,  the  negro,  the  white  child  and  the  Filipino;  what 
their  homes  and  lives  were  like  in  the  countries  they  came  from  and  how  they  each 
came  to  live  in  America. 

Shaw,  E.  R.  j39°  S53 

Big  people  and  little  people  of  other  lands. 

About  the  dress,  appearance  and  ways  of  living  of  the  big  and  little  people  of  China. 
Arabia,  Lapland,  Patagonia,  Russia,  Holland  and  other  far-off  lands. 


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Smith,  M.  E.  E.  jgig.8  S65 

Eskimo  stories. 

Pictures  and  stories  of  little  Eskimos;  how  they  live,  what  they  eat  and  how  they 

play. 

Wade,  M.  H.  ' jgi4.3  W11 

Our  little  German  cousin. 

Same  as  her  “Bertha,  our  little  German  cousin.” 

Contents:  Christmas. — Toy-making. — The  wicked  bishop. — The  coffee-party. — The 
great  Frederick. — The  brave  princess. — What  the  waves  bring. — The  magic  sword. 

Wade,  M.  H.  jgig.i4Wn 

Our  little  Philippine  cousin. 

Life  of  a little  Filipino  boy,  Alila  of  Luzon.  Tells  about  his  first  party,  the  build- 
ing of  the  house,  the  buffalo  hunt,  tapping  for  tuba,  etc. 

Wade,  M.  H.  jgis.g  Wn 

Our  little  Siamese  cousin. 

“Let  us... take  part  in  the  games  and  sports  of  the  children  of  Siam.  We  will 
attend  some  of  their  festivals,  take  a peep  into  the  royal  palace,  enter  the  temples,  and 
learn  something  about  the  ways  and  habits  of  that  far-away  eastern  country.”  Preface. 

Other  “little  cousin”  stories  are,  “Our  little  Alaskan  cousin,”  “Our  little  Armenian 
cousin,”  “Our  little  brown  cousin,”  “Our  little  Cuban  cousin,”  “Our  little  Hindu 
cousin,”  “Our  little  Italian  cousin,”  “Our  little  Panama  cousin.” 

Books  for  Boys  and  Girls 

(Nine  or  Ten  to  Twelve  or  Fourteen  Years  of  Age ) 

“Where  gloomy  mountain  caverns  hold 
Forgotten  stores  of  robber  gold; 

Where  tigers  in  the  jungle  roam, 

And  curious  creatures  are  at  home; 

Where  lovely  castles  gleam  in  Spain; 

Where  camels  in  a winding  train 
Bear  treasures  from  Aladdin’s  land 
Across  the  desert’s  yellow  sand; 

Where  painted  mosques  with  towers  high 
Point  to  the  magic  eastern  sky; 

Where  mystic  lamps  turn  night  to  day; 

Where  tinkling  rainbow  fountains  play; 

Where  giants  lived,  and  dragons,  too, 

Where  fairy  fancies  might  come  true; 

Where  everything  is  quaint  and  queer, 

So  different  from  now  and  here!” 

Abbie  Farwell  Brown. 

Alcott,  L.  M.  jA355sh 

Shawl-straps. 

Adventures  of  three  young  girls  in  Europe. 

Contents : Off. — Brittany. — France. — Switzerland. — Italy. — London. 

Ambrosi,  Marietta.  jgi4.5  A4g 

When  I was  a girl  in  Italy. 

Same  as  her  “Italian  child-life.” 

Marietta’s  good  times  told  by  herself,  How  we  gave  a play. — How  I played  the 
queen. — How  we  gathered  violets  and  roses. — Our  Punch  and  Judy. — My  last  Sunday 
in  Italia. 

Ayrton,  Mrs  Matilda  (Chaplin).  jgi5-2  Ag8c 

Child-life  in  Japan. 

Festivals,  games  and  sports  of  Japanese  children;  also  some  of  the  stories  which  are 
told  to  them.  Illustrations  by  Japanese  artists. 

Barr,  Mrs  A.  E.  jB25gmi 

Michael  and  Theodora. 

How  two  little  Russian  children  helped  to  rescue  their  father  and  mother  from 
Siberia.  Gives  an  interesting  account  of  Russian  Christmas  festivities. 


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Black,  William.  jB5i4f 

Four  MacNicols. 

Story  of  four  orphan  boys  who  make  their  own  living  in  the  Hebrides.  Also  con- 
tains “An  adventure  in  Thule.” 

Blaisdell,  E.  A.  & Dalrymple,  Julia.  jgi4.i5  B52 

Kathleen  in  Ireland. 

Story  of  a little  Irish  girl  and  her  blind  sister  who  live  among  the  mountains  of 
lonely  Donegal.  They  make  visits  in  different  parts  of  Ireland  and  hear  stories  of  the 
good  St.  Patrick,  Finn  MacCool,  the  wee  folk  and  the  giants. 

Blaisdell,  E.  A.  & Dalrymple,  Julia.  jgi7.2  B52 

Manuel  in  Mexico. 

About  Manuel’s  life  on  an  hacienda;  how  he  played  burro-corrido  and  other  games 
with  the  Indian  boys  and  how  he  and  his  friend  Benito  became  pages  to  a great  lady  in 
Mexico  city  and  took  part  in  the  Christmas  festivities. 

Blaisdell,  E.  A.  & Dalrymple,  Julia.  j9i4*5  B52 

Rafael  in  Italy. 

Rafael  Valla  is  seen  first  in  Venice,  where  he  rows  his  boat  on  the  canals,  hears  the 
music  of  the  band  in  the  square  of  St.  Mark  and  goes  to  the  Rialto  bridge  for  a serenade. 
With  an  American  girl  and  her  mother,  he  afterward  travels  in  Italy,  seeing  Florence, 
the  vintage  with  its  merrymaking  in  Tuscany,  the  Roman  ruins,  the  picturesque  street 
life  in  Naples  with  its  noise  and  gayety,  and  the  silent  streets  of  Pompeii. 

Blaisdell,  E.  A.  & Dalrymple,  Julia.  jgi5-2  B52 

Ume  San  in  Japan. 

Begins  by  telling  what  little  “Miss  Plum  Blossom”  did  on  her  nth  birthday  and 
also  describes  the  “tea  ceremony”  of  the  illustrious  dolls,  the  cherry  blossom  and  flag 
festivals,  the  New  Year’s  merrymaking  and  other  happy  times,  including  a trip  to 
Kamakura  and  the  island  of  shells. 

Boyesen,  H.  H.  jB66gmo 

Modern  vikings. 

Stories  of  life  and  sport  in  Norseland. 

Contents:  Tharald’s  otter. — Between  sea  and  sky. — Mikkel. — The  famine  among  the 
gnomes. — How  Bernt  went  whaling. — The  cooper  and  the  wolves. — Magnie’s  dangerous 
ride. — Thorwald  and  the  star-children. — Big  Hans  and  little  Hans. — A new  winter  sport. 
— The  skerry  of  shrieks. — Fiddle- John’s  family. 

Other  stories  of  adventure  in  the  “land  of  the  midnight  sun”  are  “Against  heavy 
odds,”  “Boyhood  in  Norway”  and  “Norseland  tales.” 

Butterworth,  Hezekiah.  jgio.4  Bg8 

Zigzag  journeys  around  the  world. 

Partial  contents:  The  volcano  of  Kilauea. — Ceylon,  the  Taj  and  the  great  bo-tree. 
— The  most  beautiful  temples  in  the  world. — The  coast  of  the  discovery. — Walhalla. — 
The  midnight  sun. 

Davis,  K.  W. 

Pappina,  the  little  wanderer;  a story  of  southern  Italy. 

Running  title  reads  “The  Punchinellos.” 

Little  seven-year-old  Pappina  wanders  with  the  Punchinellos  along 
Italian  coast,  sings  and  dances  and  has  many  adventures,  sad  and  happy. 

Dodge,  Mrs  Mary  (Mapes). 

Hans  Brinker;  or,  The  silver  skates. 

A story  of  glittering  ice  and  flashing  skates,  and  of  the  boys  and  girls  of  plucky 
little  Holland. 

Dodge,  Mrs  Mary  (Mapes).  jD67il 

Land  of  pluck. 

Charming  descriptions  of  Holland  and  its  people,  telling  about  its  dikes,  its  streets 
and  by-ways,  its  industries,  and  all  the  wonders  that  Dutch  pluck  has  accomplished.  The 
book  contains  also  other  short  stories  and  sketches. 


jD3igp 

the  beautiful 

jD67ih 


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Du  Chaillu,  P.  B.  jgi4-7  D86 

Land  of  the  long  night. 

“ ‘The  Land  of  the  Long  Night’  is  a land  of  darkness,  of  snow,  of  wind  and  at 
times  of  intense  cold.  . .We  shall  sleep  on  the  snow  in  bags  made  of  reindeer  skins,  fol- 
lpw  the  nomadic  Laplander  and  his  reindeer,  live  with  him  and  sleep  in  his  kata,  or  tent. 
We  shall  hunt  wolves,  bears,  and  different  kinds  of  foxes  and  other  animals,  and  sail 
and  fish  on  the  stormy  Arctic  seas.”  Introduction. 

Du  Chaillu,  P.  B.  J916.7  D86 

Stories  of  the  gorilla  country. 

Exciting  stories  of  explorations  and  discoveries,  of  hunting  wild  animals  and  of  life 
with  the  cannibals  and  other  savage  tribes  of  Africa.  Followed  by  “Wild  life  under  the 
equator,”  “Lost  in  the  jungle,”  “My  Apingi  kingdom,”  “Country  of  the  dwarfs.” 

Duncan,  S.  J.  afterward  Mrs  Cotes.  - jD8ggst 

Story  of  Sonny  Sahib. 

How  a baby  boy  was  rescued  by  his  ayah  from  the  massacre  at  Cawnpore  and 
brought  up  in  a Hindu  village. 

Haskell,  H.  E.  jH33go 

O-Heart-San. 

Story  of  O-Heart-San  the  Beautiful,  of  Haru,  the  young  prince  imperial  of  Japan, 
and  of  Maid  Margery,  a little  American  girl. 

Henty,  G.  A.  ed.  jgio  H45f 

Famous  travels. 

Partial  contents:  Hardships  of  Arctic  travel,  by  E.  K.  Kane. — In  Ceylon,  by  W.  Ur- 
wick. — Glimpses  of  the  East,  by  A.  W.  Kinglake. — Among  the  dead  cities  of  the  Zuyder 
Zee,  by  Henry  Havard. — The  geysers,  Mount  Hecla  and  the  midnight  sun,  by  Lord 
Dufferin. — The  Taj  Mahal,  by  W.  Urwick. — A visit  to  the  island  of  Juan  Fernandez, 
by  R.  H.  Dana.  — Bazaars;  an  oriental  scene,  by  G.  W.  Curtis.  — At  Tahiti,  by  Lady 
Brassey. 

Krout,  M.  H.  jgig.6g  K42 

Alice’s  visit  to  the  Hawaiian  islands. 

Travels  of  a little  girl  in  the  Hawaiian  islands.  Tells  about  the  food,  houses,  cus- 
toms and  cities  of  the  islands,  about  a trip  to  the  great  volcano  of  Kilauea,  and  about 
Molokai,  the  leper  island. 

Lane,  M.  A.  L.  ed.  jgi4  L23 

Under  sunny  skies. 

The  lands  under  the  “sunny  skies”  are  Spain,  Italy,  Greece,  Turkey  and  Africa. 
Tells,  among  other  things,  about  a trip  across  the  Sahara  desert  and  about  the  chestnut 
farms  of  Italy,  the  city  of  St.  Mark  and  the  macaroni  country. 

Lee,  Y.  P.  jgi5-i  L52 

When  I was  a boy  in  China. 

Partial  contents:  Chinese  cookery. — Games  and  pastimes. — Schools  and  school  life. 
— Chinese  holidays. — Stories  and  story-tellers. — How  I went  to  Shanghai. 

Martineau,  Harriet.  jM43if 

Feats  on  the  fiord;  a tale  of  Norway. 

Romance  of  Erika,  a Nordland  peasant  maid.  Full  of  the  charm  of  the  old  northern 

life. 

Miller,  O.  T.  jgi5  M6g 

Little  people  of  Asia. 

Curious  stories  of  little  people  from  babyhood  up — Turkish,  Syrian,  Persian, 
Kirghiz,  Hindu,  Tibetan,  Tartar,  Siamese,  Siberian,  Eskimo,  Tuski,  Chinese  and 
Japanese. 

Partial  contents:  The  salted  baby. — The  oiled  baby. — The  baby  without  a home. — 
The  baby  who  never  cries. — The  dyed  baby. — Babies  up  in  the  corner. — The  happiest 
of  all. 


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Mitton,  G.  E.  jgi4.2i  M75 

Children’s  book  of  London. 

Describes  some  of  the  interesting  sights  of  London:  the  Tower,  the  zoological 
gardens,  Westminster  abbey,  the  lord  mayor’s  show,  the  king’s  palaces  and  others.  Con- 
tains also  several  historical  stories.  Colored  illustrations. 


Northern  Europe.  jgi4  N45 

About  the  Faroe  islands,  life  in  Norway,  scenes  in  Holland  and  Belgium,  life  in  the 
Alps,  a journey  down  the  Moselle  and  descriptions  of  other  places  in  northern  Europe. 

Peeps  at  many  lands  series. 

South  seas  (Melanesia),  by  J.  H.  M.  Abbott jgig.3  A13 

England,  by  John  Finnemore j9i4*2  F51 

France,  by  John  Finnemore j9*4-4  F51 

Holy  Land,  by  John  Finnemore j9*5-6g  F51 

India,  by  John  Finnemore j9i5*4  F51 

Italy,  by  John  Finnemore j9*4'5  F51 

Japan,  by  John  Finnemore jgi5.2  F51 

Morocco,  by  John  Finnemore jgi6.4  F51 

Switzerland,  by  John  Finnemore jgi4.94  F51 

Scotland,  by  E.  W.  Grierson jgi4.i  G8g 

Ireland,  by  Mrs  K.  T.  Hinkson jgi4.i5  H56 

Holland,  by  Beatrix  Jungman jgi4.g2  J52 

Burma,  by  R.  T.  Kelly jgis.g  K17 

Egypt,  by  R.  T.  Kelly j‘916.2  K17 

South  Africa,  by  Dudley  Kidd jgi6.8  K24 

Iceland,  by  Mrs  Disney  Leith jgi4.9i  L56 

The  world,  by  A.  R.  H.  Moncrieff jgio  M8iw 

Siam,  by  Ernest  Young j9*5*9  Y37 


Series  of  little  travel  books  giving  interesting  glimpses  at  the  scenes  and  customs  of 
other  lands.  Each  of  the  volumes  is  beautifully  illustrated  in  color. 


Plummer,  M.  W.  jgi7.i  P72 

Roy  and  Ray  in  Canada. 

The  twins,  Roy  and  Ray  Stevens,  who  have  already  visited  Mexico,  spend  a summer 
in  eastern  Canada.  They  go  to  Ottawa,  “run  the  slides”  on  a lumber  crib,  see  a 
championship  game  of  lacrosse  in  Montreal,  visit  quaint  old  Quebec,  Indian  Lorette, 
Lake  St.  John,  Louisburg  and  the  land  of  Evangeline. 

Plummer,  M.  W.  jgi7-2  P72 

Roy  and  Ray  in  Mexico. 

Roy  and  Ray  Stevens,  twins,  “going  on  twelve,”  with  their  parents  spend  a summer 
in  Mexico.  The  book  tells  how  they  meet  President  Diaz,  visit  the  ruins  of  Mitla,  take 
part  in  the  Fourth  of  July  celebration  of  the  American  colony  in  the  city  of  Mexico,  and 
of  all  the  other  things  which  they  see  and  do  in  the  “land  of  manana.”  Illustrations 
from  photographs. 

Schwatka,  F.rederick.  jgig.8  S41 

Children  of  the  cold. 

Life  of  the  Eskimo  boys  and  girls.  Here  one  may  learn  how  their  houses  are  built, 
what  are  their  games  and  playthings,  how  they  make  their  sleds  and  all  about  their  seal- 
hunting and  fishing.  The  author  was  a famous  Arctic  explorer  and  an  authority  on  the 
subject. 

Smith,  N.  A.  jS655iu 

Under  the  cactus  flag. 

About  an  American  girl  who  went  to  Mexico  to  teach  English,  of  the  good  times 
she  had  at  the  quaint  Mexican  festivals  and  native  dances,  and  finally  of  the  untimely 
end  of  the  “Sisterhood  of  Spinsters.” 


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jS772h 


Spyri,  Johanna. 

Heidi. 

Heidi  lived  among  the  Swiss  Alps  in  a hut  with  her  old  grandfather.  She  climbed 
the  high  Alps;  picked  wild  primroses,  blue  gentians  and  yellow  buttercups;  herded  goats 
and  lived  on  goats’  milk,  cheese  and  black  bread.  She  had  many  exciting  experiences 
together  with  Peter,  a herd  boy,  and  a little  girl  from  the  city. 

Spyri,  Johanna. 

Moni  the  goat  boy,  and  other  stories. 

Stories  of  the  beautiful  Swiss  Alps.  They  seem  fairly  to  glow 
are  full  of  breezes  and  sunlight. 

Other  stories:  Without  a friend. — The  little  runaway. 

Starr,  Frederick.  j‘572.9  S79 

Strange  peoples. 

Partial  contents:  Mexicans. — South  American  peoples. — Finns. — Lapps. — Turks. — 
Japanese. — Arabs. — Pygmies. — Bushmen  and  Hottentots. 

Stockton,  F.  R.  jgi4  S86 

Personally  conducted. 

Travels  through  the  “city  of  the  bended  knee,”  “Queen  Paris,”  “King  London”  and 
other  cities. 

Taylor,  Bayard. 

Boys  of  other  countries. 

Contents:  The  little  post-boy. — The  pasha’s  son 
boys. — The  young  serf. — Studies  of  animal  nature. 

Toward  the  rising  sun.  J915  T65 

A school  in  China. — Korean  ways. — A fair  lady  of  Japan. — The  head-hunters  of 
Borneo. — Christmas  in  the  tropics. — Malayan  child  life. — Housekeeping  in  East  India.  — 
The  fire-worshipers,  and  other  stories  of  life  in  eastern  lands. 

White,  J.  R.  & Smith,  Adelaide.  j9i6.8  W63 

South  Africa  today. 

Tells  about  the  diamond  mines  at  Kimberley,  the  Victoria  falls,  the  great  bridge 
over  the  Zambesi,  the  railroads,  the  Boer  war,  the  farm  life  and  the  cities. 

Wide  world.  jgio  W67 

About  the  life  of  children  in  foreign  lands. 

Partial  contents:  Barbarian  babies. — Some  little  Egyptians. — A school  in  Cairo. — 
Dutch  children. — Boys  and  girls  of  Paris. — South  American  games. — A visit  to  Sweden. 
— May  day  in  England. 


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“I  cannot  rest  from  travel:  I will  drink 
Life  to  the  lees:  all  times  I have  enjoy’d 
Greatly,  have  suffer’d  greatly,  both  with  those 
That  loved  me,  and  alone;  on  shore,  and  when 
Thro’  scudding  drifts  the  rainy  Hyades 
Vext  the  dim  sea:  I am  become  a name; 

For  always  roaming  with  a hungry  heart 
Much  have  I seen  and  known;  cities  of  men 
And  manners,  climates,  councils,  governments, 

Myself  not  least,  but  honour’d  of  them  all.” 

Tennyson. 

Allen,  T.  G.  & Sachtleben,  W.  L.  jgi5  A43 

Across  Asia  on  a bicycle. 

Adventurous  journey  of  two  American  students  from  Constantinople  to  Peking,  a 
trip  which  covered  more  than  15,000  miles  and  lasted  three  years. 


jT25ib 

. — Jon  of  Iceland. — The  two  herd- 


jS772m 

with  joyousness  and 


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Amicis,  Edmondo  de.  914.92  A51I1 

Holland  and  its  people. 

Author  was  an  Italian  who  visited  all  parts  of  the  Netherlands  and  wrote  down  on 
the  spot  his  descriptions  of  what  he  saw  and  thought.  Among  other  things  he  tells  of 
The  Hague  and  of  Scheveningen  and  its  fishermen,  of  the  dead  cities  of  the  Zuyder 
Zee  and  of  Zealand,  “the  most  mysterious  of  the  provinces  of  the  Low  Countries.” 

Bacon,  A.  M.  915-2  Bi2a 

Japanese  girls  and  women. 

Partial  contents:  Childhood. — Education. — Court  life. — Life  in  castle  and  yashiki. 
— Samurai  women. — Peasant  women. — Life  in  the  cities. — Domestic  service. — Within  the 
home. 

Illustrations,  some  of  them  in  color,  by  a Japanese  artist. 

Bates,  H.  W.  j57o-98  B31 

Naturalist  on  the  river  Amazons. 

Adventures  during  1 1 years  of  travel  among  Brazilians  and  South  American  Indians. 
Many  illustrations. 

Du  Chaillu,  P.  B.  3914.8  D86 

Land  of  the  midnight  sun.  2v. 

Journeys  through  Sweden,  Norway,  Lapland  and  northern  Finland.  Author 
traveled,  as  he  tells  us,  “in  an  irregular  course,  by  routes  often  crossing  each  other,  and 
at  different  seasons  of  the  year,  either  from  the  Baltic  to  the  Polar  Sea,  or  from  the 
east  to  the  west.”  He  shared  the  home  life  of  the  people  and  he  tells  of  their  ways  of 
living  and  daily  occupations  and  of  their  dances,  weddings  and  other  festive  customs. 
Maps  and  more  than  200  illustrations. 

Curtis,  G.  W.  916.2  C93 

Nile  notes  of  a howadji. 

Like  Ali  Cogia,  merchant  of  Bagdad,  “he  saw  all  the  rarities  at  Cairo,  as  also  the 
Pyramids,  and  sailing  up  the  Nile,  viewed  the  famous  towns  on  each  side  of  that  river.” 

Duncan,  S.  J.  afterward  Mrs  Cotes.  D899S 

Simple  adventures  of  a memsahib. 

Housekeeping  trials  and  amusing  experiences  of  a young  English  wife  in  Calcutta. 

Fuller,  Anna.  F9821V 

Venetian  June. 

How  “the  two  Pollys”  and  their  uncle  spent  a month  amid  the  magical  scenes  of 
Venice.  For  more  about  Venice  read  Howells’s  “Venetian  life”  (914.53  H8sa2)  and 
Smith’s  “Gondola  days”  (914.53  S64). 

Hay,  John.  914.6  H36 

Castilian  days. 

Partial  contents:  Madrid  al  fresco. — Red-letter  days. — A castle  in  the  air. — The 
city  of  the  Visigoths. — The  Escorial. — A miracle  play. — An  evening  with  ghosts. — The 
cradle  and  grave  of  Cervantes. — A field  night  in  the  Cortes. 

Homaday,  W.  T.  j9i5-4  H79 

Two  years  in  the  jungle. 

Experiences  of  a hunter  and  naturalist  in  India,  Ceylon,  the  Malay  peninsula  and 
Borneo.  The  trip  was  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  specimens  for  the  United  States 
National  Museum. 

Irving,  Washington.  jgi4.6  I28 

The  Alhambra. 

A rambling  journey  across  the  arid  mountains  and  savage  passes,  the  pleasant 
valleys  and  plains  that  lie  between  Seville  and  Granada;  with  the  legends,  traditions 
and  fairy  tales  which  time  has  woven  around  the  ruins  of  the  beautiful  Moorish  palace 
of  the  Alhambra. 

“Go  to  the  Moorish  fountains,  sparkling  full  in  the  moonlight — go  among  the  water- 
carriers  and  the  village  gossips,  living  still  as  in  days  of  old — and  who  has  travelled 
among  them  before  you,  and  peopled  the  Alhambra  and  made  eloquent  its  shadows? 
Who  wakes  there  a voice  from  every  hill  and  in  every  cavern,  and  bids  legends,  which 
for  centuries  had  slept  a dreamless  sleep,  or  watched  unwinkingly,  start  up  and  pass 
before  you  in  all  their  life  and  glory?”  Charles  Dickens. 


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Johnson,  Clifton.  914.4  J35 

Along  French  byways. 

Peasant  life  in  rural  France  at  the  present  day.  Fine  illustrations  from  photographs 
taken  by  the  author. 

Johnson,  Clifton.  914.1  J35 

Land  of  heather. 

Travel  in  Scotland.  Among  the  chapter  headings  are,  A rural  Hamlet. — The  ways 
of  the  farm  folk. — Thrums. — The  isle  of  Mull. — The  crofters  of  Skye. — A Burns  pil- 
grimage.— A glimpse  of  Galloway.  Illustrated  with  photographs  by  the  author. 

Kennan,  George.  j9i5-7  K18 

Tent  life  in  Siberia. 

A personal  narrative  of  perils  and  hardships  during  two  years’  life  among  the  Koraks 
and  other  tribes  in  Kamchatka  and  northern  Asia. 

Nansen,  Fridtjof.  919.8  N12 

Farthest  north. 

Being  an  account  of  a voyage  of  exploration  of  the  ship  Fram,  1893-96,  and  of  a 15 
months’  sleigh  journey  by  Dr  Nansen  and  Lieut.  Johansen.  It  is  not  only  a record  of 
hardihood,  daring  and  indomitable  perseverance,  but  it  gives  a realizing  sense  of 
the  mystery,  awe  and  fascination  of  the  polar  world.  Colored  plates  and  many  full-page 
and  text  illustrations. 

Nichols,  L.  D.  N31711 

A Norway  summer. 

Three  American  girls  travel  in  Norway  and  visit  in  a Norwegian  household.  Read 
also  Wood’s  “Norwegian  by-ways”  (914.81  W85). 

Twenty-four  full-page  color  sketches  of  Norwegian  scenery  will  be  found  in  Cooper’s 
“Norwegian  fjords”  (914.81  C78). 

Peary,  Mrs  Josephine  (Diebitsch).  919.8  P353 

My  Arctic  journal. 

A year  among  ice-fields  and  Eskimos,  with  an  account  of  the  great  white  journey 
across  Greenland,  by  R.  E.  Peary. 

Schwatka,  Frederick.  jgi7.2  S41 

In  the  land  of  cave  and  cliff  dwellers. 

Adventures  and  researches  of  two  expeditions  sent  into  northern  Mexico  in  1889 
and  1890.  The  story  contains  much  information  about  the  cave  and  cliff  dwellers  still 
to  be  found  there. 

Wiggin,  Mrs  Kate  Douglas,  afterward  Mrs  Riggs.  W688c 

Cathedral  courtship,  and  Penelope’s  English  experiences. 

Being  such  extracts  from  the  journals  of  Kitty  Schuyler  and  Jack  Copley  as  relate 
to  their  experiences  in  England.  Also  contains  the  story  of  what  befell  Miss  Penelope 
Hamilton  on  her  English  tour. 

Wiggin,  Mrs  Kate  Douglas,  afterward  Mrs  Riggs.  W688pen 

Penelope’s  Irish  experiences. 

Penelope  Hamilton’s  account  of  the  travels  and  the  amusing  adventures  of  the  three 
friends  in  Ireland.  Follows  “Penelope’s  progress.” 

Wiggin,  Mrs  Kate  Douglas,  afterward  Mrs  Riggs.  jW688pe 

Penelope’s  progress. 

Relates  the  experiences  of  Penelope  in  Scotland. 


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August  21,  1912. 


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